Shouldn't be too difficult. You will need to know or at least have some level of access to the AD Domain so you can bind to it for user account information and group membership. What you could ask for is possibly getting a DC replica that you can use for testing that has a copy of the domain on it that you can place in a lab and keep segmented from you network then test Samba and make sure everything is working for you. I believe the LDAP Bind features in Samba will work for you as you are only managing access to shares and not creating user accounts and managing the domain.
www.samba.org has great documents on the configuration. JT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: [Samba] Migration from NT4 to W2K3 AD Frankly, I am not quite sure what those needs will be yet. I am not in control of the project, just the samba servers are mine. A few more details though. Wins will stay, 2 separate NT4 domains that previously had a trust configured will be merged, Usernames will stay the same (for the most part.. A few tweaks will be made but all of that will be finished before the actual migration starts), Computer names will stay the same (again except for a few ..), The AD domain already exists except I am not a part of it, nor am I an administrator within the new domain (at least not yet), ...will have to see if I can do some early testing on it. I will not be using cups. I will be mapping users home directories. There will be group based shares setup (accounting group is only group with access to \\server\accounting) What else should I add?... Many thanks, Mike Barber -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of updatemyself . Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:30 PM To: Michael J Barber Cc: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Migration from NT4 to W2K3 AD write abt ur needs.... sure, the solutions will be there.. it will be helpful.. if u can explain the corrent configuration.. regards jerrynikky. On 3/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any gotcha's..... > > > I am currently using winbindd and very successfully integrating my > Samba boxes with the NT4 domain structure. The admin who is doing the > migration (A corporate person not used to Linux at all) is already > nervous about the migration since it involves Linux. > > Usernames are not supposed to change..but, the authentication domain > is going to be a completely new one. > > Any and all help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Mike Barber > WPTZ/WNNE > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba